S2 (my segasaturn 2 beta topic)

Post by **peace4myheart** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 6:35 pm

Not trying to be an ass, but what is the point to all this???

Post by **racketboy** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 6:39 pm

Also, you're gonna need a heavy duty computer engineering background to pull something like this off.
You're not going to be able to just list off components and OSs and such and be able to whip up a console.
And even though the Dreamcast supported Windows CE stuff, it wasn't used much because it was bloated and didn't really take advantage of the hardware.

Post by **Ramatut4001** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 6:52 pm

This thread is so awesome.

Post by **Mozgus** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 6:54 pm

racketboy wrote:Also, you're gonna need a heavy duty computer engineering background to pull something like this off.
You're not going to be able to just list off components and OSs and such and be able to whip up a console.
And even though the Dreamcast supported Windows CE stuff, it wasn't used much because it was bloated and didn't really take advantage of the hardware.

I used to have a list of WinCE games for Dreamcast. Do you have it? I remember seeing so many games on there that I always considered unoptimized. Like, they never looked impressive, and they always had slowdown.

Post by **RyaNtheSlayA** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 7:11 pm

racketboy wrote:Also, you're gonna need a heavy duty computer engineering background to pull something like this off.
You're not going to be able to just list off components and OSs and such and be able to whip up a console.
And even though the Dreamcast supported Windows CE stuff, it wasn't used much because it was bloated and didn't really take advantage of the hardware.

thats what the nerd is for

also i built several PC's, and taken classes

Post by **Mozgus** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 7:35 pm

RyaNtheSlayA wrote:also i built several PC's, and taken classes

Okay....

Post by **metaleggman** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 8:17 pm

I've built a gaming computer better than the specs you've listed, but that doesn't mean I'm going to go demand a Saturn 2 that's more powerful than a Lindbergh arcade machine. :lol:

Post by **NotBlaine** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:17 pm

Mozgus wrote:
racketboy wrote:Also, you're gonna need a heavy duty computer engineering background to pull something like this off.
You're not going to be able to just list off components and OSs and such and be able to whip up a console.
And even though the Dreamcast supported Windows CE stuff, it wasn't used much because it was bloated and didn't really take advantage of the hardware.
I used to have a list of WinCE games for Dreamcast. Do you have it? I remember seeing so many games on there that I always considered unoptimized. Like, they never looked impressive, and they always had slowdown.

Now, if we're talking about look and framerate and not whether it was a good game or not, Kiss Psycho Circus is actually an excellent example of tech running Windows CE. In many ways it's superior to fpses written exclusively for the Dreamcast. Check it out sometime. There was a piece written in Game Developer magazine about it shortly after it came out, going into detail about how it turned out.

The fact that the gameplay is trash isn't Windows fault.

So if you're saying making games with Windows CE didn't produce a good product... You might be right.
If you're saying it couldn't, you'd be wrong.

Post by **Mozgus** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:23 pm

NotBlaine wrote:Now, if we're talking about look and framerate and not whether it was a good game or not, Kiss Psycho Circus is actually an excellent example of tech running Windows CE. In many ways it's superior to fpses written exclusively for the Dreamcast. Check it out sometime. There was a piece written in Game Developer magazine about it shortly after it came out, going into detail about how it turned out.

The fact that the gameplay is trash isn't Windows fault.

So if you're saying making games with Windows CE didn't produce a good product... You might be right.
If you're saying it couldn't, you'd be wrong.

Well, KISS to the fucking rescue, again.

Post by **ott0bot** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:32 pm

Mozgus wrote:
NotBlaine wrote:Now, if we're talking about look and framerate and not whether it was a good game or not, Kiss Psycho Circus is actually an excellent example of tech running Windows CE. In many ways it's superior to fpses written exclusively for the Dreamcast. Check it out sometime. There was a piece written in Game Developer magazine about it shortly after it came out, going into detail about how it turned out.

The fact that the gameplay is trash isn't Windows fault.

So if you're saying making games with Windows CE didn't produce a good product... You might be right.
If you're saying it couldn't, you'd be wrong.

Well, KISS to the fucking rescue, again.

Ramatut4001 wrote:This thread is so awesome.

seriously. This kids going to whip up a game cosule that will blow you're mind.
just wait.